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The 2009 Copa Petrobras Santiago
Copa Petrobras Santiago
The Copa Petrobras Santiago is a tennis tournament held in Santiago, Chile since 2004. The event is part of the ATP Challenger Tour and is played on outdoor clay courts.-Singles:-Doubles:- External links :**...

was a professional tennis

Tennis

Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...

tournament played on outdoor red clay courts. It was part of the 2009 ATP Challenger Tour

2009 ATP Challenger Tour

The Association of Tennis Professionals Challenger Tour is the secondary professional tennis circuit organized by the ATP. The 2009 ATP Challenger Tour calendar comprises 20 top tier Tretorn SERIE+ tournaments, and 142 regular series tournaments, with prize money ranging from $25,000 up to...

. It took place in Santiago de Chile

Santiago, Chile

Santiago , also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile, and the center of its largest conurbation . It is located in the country's central valley, at an elevation of above mean sea level...

, Chile

Chile

Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...

between 19 and 25 October 2009.

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank¹	Seed
Argentina	Juan Ignacio Chela Juan Ignacio Chela Juan Ignacio Chela is a professional male tennis player from Argentina. Like most Argentine players he is comfortable on Clay courts and owns all six of his career titles on the surface...	97	1
Chile	Paul Capdeville Paul Capdeville Paul Gerard Capdeville Castro is a Chilean tennis player.Capdeville was born in Santiago, Chile. On May 18, 2009, he achieved a career-high singles ranking of 76....	98	2
Spain	Santiago Ventura Santiago Ventura Bertomeu Santiago Ventura is a retired tennis player from Spain. He was born in Castellón, Spain and lives in Burriana, Spain. He is a clay court specialist and is known for the considerable use of drop-shots during his matches.-Singles :...	105	3
Chile	Nicolás Massú Nicolás Massú Nicolás Alejandro Massú Fried , nicknamed Vampiro , is a Chilean tennis player, a former world number nine in singles, and a two-time Olympic gold medalist...	118	4
Spain	Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo is a professional male tennis player from Spain. His career-high ATP entry ranking is #50 , and his current ranking is #84 . He turned pro in 1998...	124	5
Ecuador	Nicolás Lapentti Nicolás Lapentti ----Nicolás Alexander Lapentti Gómez is a former professional tennis player from Ecuador who is ranked 214th...	125	6
Argentina	Sergio Roitman Sergio Roitman Sergio Andres Roitman in Buenos Aires, Argentina, nicknamed Escopeta is a retired professional tennis player from Argentina....	132	7
Argentina	Sebastián Decoud Sebastian Decoud Sebastián Decoud is a professional Argentine tennis player. He is a late-blooming pro who is on the verge of cracking into the top-200 in singles in 2008, and did crack the top-200 in doubles in March, 2008....	151	8

Rankings are as of October 12, 2009.

Other Entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Guillermo Hormazábal

Guillermo Hormazabal

Guillermo Hormazábal is a Chilean professional tennis player. In 2001, he became an under 16's world champion.-Singles Titles :-Singles runner-up :-External links:*...

Fernando Romboli

Fernando Romboli is a Brazilian professional tennis player. Romboli competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour, both in singles and doubles. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking, No. 244, on February 2, 2011, and his highest ATP doubles ranking, No. 247, on October 5, 2010...

Cristóbal Saavedra-Corvalán

Cristobal Saavedra-Corvalan is a Chilean professional tennis player.-Singles Titles :-Singles runner-up :-External links:**...

Mariano Zabaleta

Mariano Zabaleta is a retired professional male tennis player from Argentina. He turned professional in 1996. He had an unusual but effective service motion and fighting spirit...

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Diego Cristín Adrián García

Adrián García

Adrián Alonso García Sobarzo is a Chilean tennis player.García was born in Concepción, Chile. On September 13, 2004, he achieved a career-high singles ranking of 103.-Source:* ATP Tour profile for...

Mariano Puerta

Mariano Ruben Puerta is a former Argentine professional male tennis player best known for making the final of the French Open in 2005, where he lost to Rafael Nadal in four sets.-Career:...

Marco Trungelliti

Singles

Eduardo Schwank
Eduardo Schwank
Eduardo Jonatan Schwank is a professional tennis player from Argentina on the ATP Tour. He is currently coached by Javier Nalbandian, the brother of David Nalbandian....

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Nicolás Massú

Nicolás Alejandro Massú Fried , nicknamed Vampiro , is a Chilean tennis player, a former world number nine in singles, and a two-time Olympic gold medalist...

, 6–2, 6–2

Doubles

Diego Cristín /

Juan Pablo Brzezicki

Juan Pablo Brzezicki is a professional tennis player from Buenos Aires, Argentina.In 2007, Brzezicki was the Argentine surprise at the French Open, one of the four tennis Grand Slams, by reaching the third round before losing to his idol Carlos Moyà of Spain...

David Marrero

David Marrero Santana is a professional tennis player from Spain.He is the older brother of retired WTA player Marta Marrero.- 2000 to 2007 :...

, 6–4, 7–5

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